Oct. 16 (UPI) — Singer Liam Payne died Wednesday in a fall from a CasaSur hotel third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires. CNN and ABC7 confirmed the incident with local police. He was 31.
Payne rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction, which also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.
The band debuted on The X Factor Season 7. Though they did not win, they released five albums before their hiatus in 2015.
One Direction was also featured in the Morgan Spurlock concert film One Direction: This Is Us. Payne released a solo album and was working on a second.
His last released single was “Teardrops” in March.
